Kirk Cousins – $70 Million

The talented football star Kirk Cousins was a standout at Michigan State after impressing at Holland Christian High School. The Washington Redskins selected him in the 2012 NFL Draft, where he spent most of his career until joining the Minnesota Vikings in 2018. Throughout his NFL tenure, he has amassed a considerable fortune worth approximately $70 million.

Cousins signed a lucrative fully-guaranteed $84 million contract with the Vikings when he joined, which made him one of the highest-paid NFL players globally. The team pays him about $27 million annually and extended his deal in 2020 by $66 million, placing him among the top 30 highest-paid entertainers in the world.